Like you, TheSatyr, I haven't played long enough yet to find out. Started out from the beginning of the war at Pearl. I'm still on my first war patrol, trying to do an end run on a Japanese carrier task force. There are two Kates and one Zero on patrol that keep me diving, thus its taken a most of the day to just come broadside to the task force. Not mentioning a pesky Mavis flying out of Japan that drops in every few hours.
I don't know the cost of renown it takes to keep a boat. Or, if its a once and done deal, ie. using your renown to buy one more patrol. Or if its an excuse to keep the player from getting to much renown. The Type XXI in SHIII was, what 33,000. What's a Gato or Balao going for?
As for the manual...it was distressingly vague or just plain wrong most of the time for me to trust it. Most of what I have learned about SHIV have been from messageboards like this one, and not from the manual.
So, only time will tell...
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